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  1.    GrandpaPhil reacted to a post in a topic: Armed Launch 1795-1865 by Story - FINISHED - ~1/96th-100th
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    Damned good thing I don't have a thin skin, Roger.
  6. Story
    And with it's driftwood base
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    i'll be back in awhile to properly insert those images.
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    Figured I'd fiddle with the 32' cutter from Revell's USS CONSTITUTION kit and work it up as one of those armed launches frequently tasked with picket boat duties or raiding, from the Barbary coast to the Confederate waters. Here's one during a Mexican War adventure Most seem to sport a lanteen rig but there's a reverse rig that suit a bow gun better. So here's what we have to mess with An upper and lower hull seemed to be the best way to divide the work. Crates and barrels salvaged courtesy of an RE Lee riverboat that had it's deck chopped. I'd been thinking a sweep oar for a rudder, but the tiny boatswain probably wouldn't like that
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    Work started on the standing rigging. Nestled against some other waterlined 15mm builds (a junk from an old PYRO War Junk kit and a Nationalist/Chicom patrol boat built salvaged from an old PT109 kit)
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    Nearing the home stretch. Touch-up painting, lifeboat, anchors & chains, standing & running rigging to be fitted.
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    Wasn't thrilled with the proportions of the original mast and boom, tore that out and replaced with one about 80%. For those in need of smaller versions, see Shapeways.com http://www.shapeways.com/product/22SG4UU9H/ijn-coastal-freighters-quot-sea-truck-quot-1-1800 http://www.shapeways.com/product/CBHAWXCXH/ijn-coastal-freighters-quot-sea-truck-quot-1-1250 [/quote]
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    Howdy, folks. First build thread here, something I'd actually done not-so-long ago and since I'm thinking about a follow-up build in the same scale, figured I'd share. The '15mm' notation is a wargaming size, particularly popular for WWII Pacific scenarios. As an example, see https://sfdfsfd.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/wwii-15mm-pacific-theater-of-operations-pto-invasion-07sep2013/ or scroll down to the Battle Of Wake Island 1922 http://lockupyoursheep.blogspot.com/2014/02/vapnartak-2014.html These are the 'inner hulls' of those Robert E Lee riverboat steamer kits, each about 13" long (and easily found on ebay). Tell me the lines don't look oddly familiar and at 15mm scale, are right about in the neighborhood of a Steel Truck. For what it's worth, I'd originally been thinking of something like this - British steel coastal freight KYLERONA (1908) 1/24th scale tractor trailer sidewalls being cannibalized. Finally got around to the irritating task of mating the deck (1/24th scale tractor trailer siding material) to the hull, fixing the mainmast and framing out the deckhouse.
  29. Story
    That is just an island of awesome in a bed of outstandingness.
  30. Story
    He is Mad, in the most inspirational way possible.
  31. Story
    Thanks, JXT!
  32. Story
    Coming down to the final stretch. Needs lifeboat, detail painting, standing & running rigging and some anchors.
  33. Story
    Wasn't thrilled with the proportions of the original mast and boom, tore that out and replaced with one about 80%. Most of the upper wheelhouse was taken from a 1:130th SHELL WELDER kit. http://i.imgur.com/UIXM1GV.jpg Bow plating taken from the 1:72nd Revell Tugboat kit. http://i.imgur.com/HXsqulJ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RnIUiFF.jpg Priming starts.
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    Pardon all the shadows, this was a hip-shoot pic. http://i.imgur.com/nHN7hZ0.jpg Slow going of late, as I spend more time staring at references and then the parts box and then the model (rinse/lather/repeat). I might just 'cheat' with the cargo deck hatches and make some trapaulin'd "close enough" squares (remembering, the end state is for wargaming so build durability is a consideration). Logically, I knew at least one ship's boat and the davits need to be on the fantail, along with some railings. There doesn't seem to be any stacks on the 'steel trucks' (unless someone can point out what I'm missing), but there'll need to be ventilators and gangways between the decks. Probably a tarpaulin rigged on the rear of wheelhouse deck.
  35. Story
    Finally got around at the end of October to the irritating task of mating the deck (1/24th scale tractor trailer siding material) to the hull, fixing the mainmast and framing out the deckhouse. 1/24th scale tractor trailer sidewalls being cannibalized. http://i.imgur.com/poODkoY.jpg http://i.imgur.com/iAYXbm0.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sljcsHh.jpg

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